50. A patient with severe heart failure is prescribed a continuous dobutamine infusion. The nurse observes increasing heart rate (from 80 to 130 bpm) and new onset chest pain. What medicinal concern is immediate?
A.
Insufficient dobutamine dose
B.
Dobutamine-induced tachycardia and myocardial ischemia, requiring physician notification and possible dose adjustment
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C.
Hypokalemia
D.
Hypoglycemia
📖 Additional Information
Insufficient dobutamine dose
Dobutamine-induced tachycardia and myocardial ischemia, requiring physician notification and possible dose adjustment
